Tuesday, March 15, 2005

On the JobI've tested positive for boredom,rushed to the balcony twice, no three times,hung my head over the pilastersand hoped for someone Romeoesque to call me with his swan song into discus hurling the whole thing:pension, security, health insurance.

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

What's Going On?Vietnam was televised,but not the Revolution,chants echoed across Sproul Plaza,monks, nuns doused themselves with gasolineas an appetizer for a lit match,Hmong storycloths traveled down river,while different pieces of soldiers chatted with each other on gurnies.

I am there on this last daybefore cases are dismantled holding an audio cassette,but listening to something else,as adults explain,"The V they are making is the peace sign."

I am there in these last days of winter, and see a man point to a display, "I use to deliver that same newspaper,"watch children nod with understanding, as someone touches their fingerto history, how much it hurts.

--written after seeing "What's Going On? California and the Vietnam Era" at the Oakland Museum, August 28, 2004 - February 27, 2005